Deep lying playmaker, currently have N'Zonzi in that position but he's getting on a bit now and might be looking to sell him soon whilst his value is still high. Currently in 2017 and I've just won the Premier League and Champions League in the same season so I'm looking to do similarly well next season!

Norwich are willing to sell but only for £27.5m, Bayern and Spurs (the team I just beat in the UCL final) have also put in bids so I've had to act fast and make him an offer - is he worth it or am I overpaying? Won't be homegrown or anything like that. Thoughts?

Thanks guys, think I'll get him, not sure whether to get rid of N'Zonzi or not but I'm definitely going to try and sell Guarin, nothing wrong with him especially except he's 30 now, on high wages and I think 4 CMs might be enough. Might need another striker if I decide to try and cash in on Sanogo (don't really use him much and he's worth £5m).

Definitely need to bring through a new CB to replace Shawcross though, will probably be kept until he retires but at 29 years old he'll start to decline in 2/3 years?

I'm surprised that man utd chelsea man city havent tried to sign this Jonthan Conway or coman his stats look amazing could end up been your best signing of the season he looks immese

Spurs (UCL runners up) and Bayern Munich both made offers for him, I guess it was the recent Champions League title that swayed him

In terms of moving on players, Guarin has been targeted by just about everyone, have had to reject the likes of United and City but I'll let him go just about anywhere else. Despite the fact that I would've been happy with about £7m for him, when I realised the level of interest I bumped up his asking price and got some £12m bids (for a 31 year old!) - Cantona is certainly doing his job very well!!

EDIT: Do I accept a £19.5m bid from Spurs for De Sciglio?? I've had him for 18 months (bought for £4m) and whilst he's a good player he's actually my third choice at both left and right back so surely this is too ridiculous to refuse?

that conway kid looks great , i notice you also have pogba too , so if you get this guy you will have a pretty solid 4 CM players with him , pogba , n'zoni and cristig . de sciglio has reasonable potential , so while thats a good offer id consider if you actually NEED to sell him , having a player who can play well on both flanks makes for a good squad player since you can drop him in to cover for anyone.

that conway kid looks great , i notice you also have pogba too , so if you get this guy you will have a pretty solid 4 CM players with him , pogba , n'zoni and cristig . de sciglio has reasonable potential , so while thats a good offer id consider if you actually NEED to sell him , having a player who can play well on both flanks makes for a good squad player since you can drop him in to cover for anyone.

where did you get so much money?! you have el shaarawy and destro too

Well, I don't quite know how, but Destro was free! I'm not sure if it was a mistake on an earlier database, but Destro was out of contract in June 2013 and I made him a contract offer in January 2013 which he accepted, then got him for free and whilst his first season was pretty average, he's hit 35+ goals every season since!

As for the money, it isn't really that I had an absolute fortune, but earlier in the save I did use installments partially, but in 2014/15 I finished 3rd and qualified for the Champions League which meant I had a fair amount of money for the next season, and my reasonable finishes before then allowed me to have more funds than I would've expected, and I've done a reasonable job of offsetting my spending - e.g. when I bought Ter Stegen for £17.5m, I sold Begovic for £7m, and when I bought Pogba in January for £6m, I sold Merkel (who was free) for £4.5m, and I've already offset the cost of Conway by selling De Sciglio and Guarin!

Destro, Crisetig, Merkel (I sold him in January), Sanogo, Perin, de Vrij, Vadillo and Mehmedi were all frees, and De Sciglio only cost £4m 18 months ago.

He's young so he looks like he should still have some room to develop. I'd say he's worth it. You might need to sell someone to make room for him but his stats also make him versatile so he could either play DLP or BWM or BBM if you improve his marking and tackling a bit more.

I'd consider selling Di Sciglio if you play with attacking full/wingbacks, otherwise he should be sound enough at RB though TBH you could do better.